Kipchak | |
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Qypçaq | |
Era | 11th–17t centuries; evolved intae modren Kipchak leids |
Turkic
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Leid codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Nane (mis ) |
Linguist List | qwm |
The Kipchak leid (an aa spelled Qypchaq) is an extinct Turkic leid o the Kipchak group.
The descendants o the Kipchak language include the majority of Turkic leids spoken in Eastren Europe an the Caucasus today, as Kipchak wis uised as a lingua franca in Golden Horde-ruled lands.
Kazakhs are remnants o Eastren Kipchak tribes who lived in Northren Kazakhstan in the 10t century, but migratit tae Europe later. So, their leid oreeginates frae a mair isolatit form o earlier Kipchak. Bolgar-speakin Volga Bulgarians (or Kazan Tatars), Astrakhan Tatars, Balkars, Bashkirs an Mongolian aristocracy adoptit the Kipchak leid in the days o the Golden Horde.